THE LOS ANGELES QUEER STUDIES CONFERENCE 2006 CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2006 conference will be held Friday and Saturday, October 20-21, 2006 at UCLA's Royce Hall.

Participants will include:
Janet Jakobsen
David Roman
Jennifer Terry
Michelle Matlock will present the first westcoast performance of the “Mammy Project.”
The Williams Institute at UCLA Law School will sponsor a panel on recent sexual orientation law and public policy scholarship.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Since one of the principal goals of the conference is to encourage the exchange of ideas across academic generations, we invite participation of graduate students and faculty scholars. Please send your proposal (not more than 850 words) for a 20-minute presentation on any topic relating to the study of sexuality and gender and a cv (not more than 2 pages) to one of the addresses below. If you would like to organize a panel of three speakers, please feel free to do so.

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: June 30, 2006

Submissions by US Postal Service:

UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Program 1101 Hershey Hall Box 951384 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1384

Email submissions: lgbs@humnet.ucla.edu

For further information, please contact the UCLA LGBTS office at 310 206-0516 or lgbs@humnet.ucla.edu or www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/lgbts/

Organized by the UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Program
Stacy Macias
LGBTS Program Assistant
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UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
Office: 1101 Hershey Hall
Email: lgbs@humnet.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 206-0516
Web: www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/lgbts/